On a positive linear map preserving absolute values
Linear transformations, semilinear transformations (15A04) Algebraic systems of matrices (15A30) Norms of matrices, numerical range, applications of functional analysis to matrix theory (15A60) Positive matrices and their generalizations; cones of matrices (15B48) General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05)
Suppose \(A\) and \(B\) are unital \(C^*\)-algebras and suppose that \(A^+= \{a^*a\); \(a\in A\}\) is a closed convex cone of positive elements in \(A\). If \(a\in A\), then \(|a|= (a^*a)^{1/2}\) is called the absolute value of \(a\). A linear map \(\varphi:A\to B\) is called positive if \(\varphi(A^+)\subset B^+\) and is called disjoint if \(xy=0\) in \(A\) implies \(\varphi(x).\varphi(y)=0\) in \(B\). \textit{L. T. Gardner} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 76, 271-278 (1979; Zbl 0425.46042)] proposed the following problem: Does a positive disjoint linear map of \(C^*\)-algebras preserve absolute values? In this note the authors give an affirmative answer for the case of an \(n\times n\) matrix algebra, \(n\geq 2\), and also a necessary and sufficient condition for a linear map to preserve absolute values.
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